Slide brings solid barbecue to MaspethClose your eyes. Imagine you are sitting in a brand-new restaurant with the light but savory smell of hickory in the air. A server hands you a Strawberry-Basil Collins specialty cocktail. Where are...

Under the Hood with Jessi MechanicThis week, we turned our focus to the Brooklyn music scene, where a wide array of pop, electronic, rock and blues outfits are making major waves. Jessi Mechanic and her band have crafted their own ...

Soul Ghosts' Ian McGuinness has gone Side SaddleApart from his band Soul Ghosts, Ian McGuinness had never really written too many songs he was proud of - at least not lyrically. While he always had a knack for nailing solid melodies, he never re...

Q&A with Jesus on the Mainline’s Andrew NeesleyAndrew Neesly, frontman and composer with NYC-based band Jesus on the Mainline , was born in Wisconsin, a world away from the Afro-Cuban jazz scene that he has now embraced. After moving to the cit...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a personal email account for State Department business has prompted questions about secrecy and the rules that govern the communications of senior government officials.

A homeless man shot dead by police in Los Angeles was not French, a spokesman for the French foreign ministry said late Tuesday, contradicting a report in the LA Times. "On checking, this man is not a French national," the spokesman told AFP, adding that France had informed the US authorities. LA police chief Charlie Beck said the victim, who police have not identified, tried to grab a gun from an officer who was trying to restrain him on the city's Skid Row homeless district. On Tuesday dozens of people attended a protest outside LA police headquarters to condemn the killing and demand Beck's resignation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, with officers routinely discriminating against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations and making baseless traffic stops, according to law enforcement officials familiar with its findings.